<p>A priest at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux was rushed to a local hospital Tuesday morning after he was found stumbling in front of the church bleeding from his chest.</p><p>The Rev. Maridoss Selvam was in the intensive care unit Tuesday evening at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. Details on his condition were not released.</p><p>Selvam, associate pastor for the past few months, was found by a parishioner as she pulled into the church for Mass, police said.</p><p>The priest had a large gash and puncture wound on the left side of his chest, Thibodaux Police said.</p><p>Police said they found no evidence of foul play or of any other person in Selvam's room. Officers found a table on its side with papers strewn about and a bloody knife nearby.</p><p>A spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux said evidence indicates the wound was self-inflicted but more investigation by police will be necessary to confirm what happened.</p><p>Staff Writer Jean-Paul Arguello can be reached at 448-7617 or jean-paul.arguello@dailycomet.com.</p>